Comments on: Jaguars plan to bring back Blackmon, if/when he’s reinstatedhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/06/04/jaguars-plan-to-bring-back-blackmon-ifwhen-hes-reinstated/
ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.comTue, 20 Mar 2018 00:45:47 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: boomgrounderhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/06/04/jaguars-plan-to-bring-back-blackmon-ifwhen-hes-reinstated/#comment-3404890
Fri, 06 Jun 2014 15:36:15 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2263311#comment-3404890Also, if the Jags cut him while he is suspended they would have to count his Remaining Salary Money as Dead Money against their Cap. As long as he is “Suspended” by the NFL he does not count against their Cap. As time goes on his contract continues to dwindle and the Jags don’t pay Blackmon and therefore they lose nothing. If he never returns to play and his contract expires after the term of the contract runs out the Jaguars lose absolutely Nothing! So the Jags would be stupid to cut him while he is suspended.
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Fri, 06 Jun 2014 15:23:56 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2263311#comment-3404861Blackmon got suspended for continuing to drink alcohol after being arrested for DUI. The NFL acts like a Baptist Preacher! Blackmon never missed a practice and was never late for a meeting. He never tested positive for Marijuana or any illegal or PED. He drinks alcohol and refused to stop drinking after having a DUI after being drafted. Blackmon was dead wrong to drink and drive but if drinking alcohol or driving after drinking would be banned by the NFL the NFL would lose some serious cash at each game. Hypocritical to say the least.
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Thu, 05 Jun 2014 19:59:56 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2263311#comment-3403732Amen Florio! These men are paid to be athletes, not role models. And when we hold them to that standard without compassion, it makes the game colder, cynical, and corporate. Give them more help or more leeway in their personal lives. As long as we’re not talking about Aaron Hernandez-like situations, I say let them play!
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Thu, 05 Jun 2014 17:12:56 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2263311#comment-3403432You can’t players who sacrifice a successful career for drugs. You can’t treat stupidity.
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Thu, 05 Jun 2014 17:12:02 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2263311#comment-3403430Or maybe because the NFL acknowledges that these guys are supposed to be role models for our children (and sadly, some adults), and don’t want to create a feeling of acceptance with respect to drug use?
]]>By: whodey1982http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/06/04/jaguars-plan-to-bring-back-blackmon-ifwhen-hes-reinstated/#comment-3403428
Thu, 05 Jun 2014 17:10:56 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2263311#comment-3403428“why does the league care what a guy drinks, smokes, or ingests on his own time?”

Umm, because it’s the law? And because teams pay these guys mullions to play football, which is impossible if you’re in jail from either the use of said substance or the dumb decisions people make when under the influence of them.

Are we really going to chastise the NFL for penalizing their players for being criminals?

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Thu, 05 Jun 2014 15:48:20 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2263311#comment-3403254You’re also sending a message to the players. Break the law and take all the drugs you want. We’ll still enable you as long as you’re talented enough to produce. Colleges (Urban Meyer is the worst of the worst) have a perfect opportunity to help young kids to become men, but many of the big time programs just turn a blind eye.
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Thu, 05 Jun 2014 14:47:16 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2263311#comment-3403135Great piece! I live in Jacksonville and have been mystified by endless reports from local media about how the Jaguars are “moving on” permanently and about how they’re breaking ties. B.S.! The guy is a huge talent, and it’s not like he killed someone. Of course they’ll take him back whenever they can!
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Thu, 05 Jun 2014 14:39:18 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2263311#comment-3403117Mark my words folks! If Blackmon comes back and plays like he was, and if M. Lee and A. Robinson get better, the Jags will have THE best WR corps in the league in a few years. Don’t forget about Shorts and Ace Sanders!
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Thu, 05 Jun 2014 13:11:55 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2263311#comment-3402965Good move by the Jags – there is absolutely no downside to keeping him. Right now his contract is basically on hold – a contact, by the way, that heavily favors the Jaguars organization because of mistakes Blackmon made after they drafted him but before they signed him. They’re not paying him, he’s not taking up a roster spot and if he does come back they won’t have to pay him much.
Hopefully the kid will get his act together – it’s a waste of talent otherwise.
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Thu, 05 Jun 2014 12:56:49 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2263311#comment-3402938Don’t change the system. Substance abuse has consequences, just as do concussions. Players need a system that manages health risks while allowing them to play. If left to ‘fans’ and the media, the NFL would make ‘Rollerball’ look like children’s play.
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Thu, 05 Jun 2014 12:31:25 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2263311#comment-3402896So many people seem to be missing the point entirely. When you say “They can get their own help..the NFL is not their Mommies and Daddies…they shouldn’t have to provide rehab etc.” Then why do you condone the NFL acting like their mommies and daddies by punishing them for smoking pot. Why on Earth should the NFL care??

In a world where Alcohol, tobacco and double cheeseburgers are legal there is literally no sense whatsoever in banning marijuana. None

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Thu, 05 Jun 2014 12:21:30 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2263311#comment-3402880I think it’s time to trade him to Philly for a conditional 6th rounder.
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Thu, 05 Jun 2014 12:19:06 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2263311#comment-3402876You sound so compassionate for any addicted player to not play for the niners.
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Thu, 05 Jun 2014 12:15:03 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2263311#comment-3402873He was who we thought he was.
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Thu, 05 Jun 2014 11:24:19 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2263311#comment-3402828Well for one, one doesn’t need to be “clean” from marijuana. This league is so hypocritical when it comes to things like this.
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Thu, 05 Jun 2014 11:24:14 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2263311#comment-3402827Zero tolerance for alcohol, pot and recreational drugs or acceptance that people use these things. If public safety and employee welfare are the real issues, then STOP SELLING BEER AT THE STADIUMS and on NFL GAME ADVERTISING.

It’s clearly hypocritical. It’s also amazing in light of privacy concerns, how many think it’s OK for an employer to dictate what you do away from the job. What will you say when the COMPANY says, you can’t own a gun or you can’t “open carry”?

If you wanna give employers dominion over your life at home and at work, then go for it.

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Thu, 05 Jun 2014 11:12:29 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2263311#comment-3402820So glad the Jags “outsmarted” Fisher by jumping ahead of the Rams to take this clown.
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Thu, 05 Jun 2014 10:26:12 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2263311#comment-3402801I don’t think it’s fair to characterize the nfl as insensitive for not having ALL of their players “get it”. There are always going to be people who don’t or won’t out of spite or stupidity.

There incentives come in the form of cash. It’s pretty simple and most of them get it.

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Thu, 05 Jun 2014 10:24:41 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2263311#comment-3402800Totally wrong… Pro athletes have a year round job to stay clean… Just because they aren’t actually playing they are still employed & obligated to stay clean & represent the league in a proffesional manner…
Taking drugs that are illegal or banned is a choice & playing in the NFL is a privilege not a right & these men making millions of dollars need to be accountable for their actions
No sympathy here at all!!!!
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Thu, 05 Jun 2014 08:24:41 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2263311#comment-3402776Go jags!!!
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Thu, 05 Jun 2014 07:08:03 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2263311#comment-3402756You want to get your point across? Turn these dudes in to the cops,let them find out who their dealers are. Being stressed out over when the weed man you ratted out is going to show up at your door with his pitbull is way worse than time on the couch counting your millions. If you don’t want to go that route,stop testing them for non-PEDs. If some dude gets hooked on China White and rolls over dead, ah well,you just saved a bundle.
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Thu, 05 Jun 2014 06:30:57 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2263311#comment-3402742I agree, but where do we draw the line? If it’s not too much trouble to ask please don’t come to work high.
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Thu, 05 Jun 2014 06:24:28 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2263311#comment-3402737ofcourse they will before he got suspended for the second time he was playing well and would be a great possession receiver for bortles, and once bortles is ready to go they will start spreading people out with a deadly 4/5 receiver sets including Sanders , shorts, lee and robinson then add blackmon that offense has some seriously scary potential.
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Thu, 05 Jun 2014 06:20:12 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2263311#comment-3402733With the Jags drafting Marqis Lee and Allen Robinson in the 2nd round, why do they need Blackmon?
I’m not a Jags fan but what did Blackmon do on the field in NFL games to inspire such loyalty? He showed talent in college but struggled in the NFL, regardless of his repeated positive testing.
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Thu, 05 Jun 2014 06:00:59 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2263311#comment-3402723It’s no ones right to be in the NFL. They can go work for other professional leagues if they truly wanted. Maybe if the better players went to the CFL or AFL pay would increase with revenues.

I’m sure Josh Gordon and his buddy Blackmon can call up a CFL team and get a nice pay day and be able to smoke as much as they want.

There are other options to work. But to be in the best league and make millions. All you gotta do is not smoke any pot.

Yeah I see how that can be so hard lol

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Thu, 05 Jun 2014 05:52:53 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2263311#comment-3402718As a diehard Jags fan I would love to keep him under all the circumstances so far! Why should we cut or trade him? He has issues, okay. Let us deal with them TOGETHER!

As far as I am concerned as long as he can stay clean, in Jacksonville he has a job here! DTWD!!

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Thu, 05 Jun 2014 05:15:13 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2263311#comment-3402694Excellent points. People love to degrade these guys because they’re young, rich, and frankly, black. We are too quick to forget these are merely men, and addiction has laid many fine men low. I never see the same unyielding criticism for guys like Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Addiction needs to be treated, not punished. These guys should be suspended so they can go to treatment and return when they are sober.
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Thu, 05 Jun 2014 04:01:24 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2263311#comment-3402637Many companies make you take an initial drug test and then you get the job and are not required to take another! If you have never dealt with Someone battling addiction you are clueless if you have , you agree with this 100%
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Thu, 05 Jun 2014 03:57:30 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2263311#comment-3402632Florio! This is the best article ever written. I often do not agree with your Liberal stance, in this case you are 100% correct. Often these talented kids substance abuse at a young age as a crutch to cope with often horrible circumstances, and use certain drugs to escape tough and harsh realities. Most of the time , they are just hurting themselves, they have had this pattern for years. Then all of a sudden, after years of the same behavior they are expected to stop , not gonna happen! What they need is help! And banning them for a year will only make them fall deeper into addiction and isolation, and make it almost impossible to get back on track! Kudos for recognizing this and shame on the league for not!!!
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